Name    
Mary-Anne_Kyriakou  
     
Profession: Specialist Lighting Consultant and Music Composer  
Position: Director  
Nationality: Australian  
Language: English, French, Greek  
     
Key Experience  
Professional experience in the fields of spatial thinking. Interiors: lighting design, conceptual design, surveys, lighting audits and recommendation, lighting layouts, lighting calculations, product design development; Landscape: architectural lighting design, light art installation, audit reports, master planning, conceptual design, evaluation of lighting schemes, lighting compliance reports, Consideration towards environmental and human factors with relation to lighting, ; Interiors and Exterior including Facade: Architectural lighting design, day-lighting advice, lighting calculations, Provide 3-D visualizations, creating benchmark documents, ESD lighting advice Management: cost control, contract management, strategic business and financial management.  
     
Education and professional qualifications    
2007
2000
1998
1998
Master Music Composition Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Graduate Certificate Design Science (Illumination) University of Sydney
Principles of Lighting Course TAFE
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
       
Professional History    
2005 - present
2005 - present
2003 - 2005
1998 - 2003
1997 - 1998
Smart Light Sydney (Director and Founder)
Meinhardt Light Art, Sydney (Director and Founder of Light Art)
Euroluce Lighting (Senior Lighting Consultant)
Thorn Lighting (Senior Design / Sales Lighting)
Meinhardt Building Services (Electrical Engineer)
       
Recent Lighting Design Experience    
       
Interior and Exterior    
2008

2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2006
Head Designer -Architectural Lobby
Design and Landscape
Fit-Out and Conceptual Design
Public Light Art
Head Designer Residential Architectural Lighting
Head Designer – Lobby and External Lighting
Design Director Architectural Lighting for Residential
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Head Designer
Gateway Building, Sydney, Australia

Queens Square Law Courts Interactive Public Art, Sydney, Australia
Canberra Art Competition, Australia
Bondi Terraces, Sydney, Australia
Raddison Hotel Shanghai (also Façade Lighting), Sydney, Australia
Rushcutters Bay Residential Development for Advanx, Sydney, Australia
Fairmont Hotel, Philippines
4 Seasons Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia
Raffles Danang Resort, Vietnam
Oriental Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Turrumurra Stage 2 Residential Development, Sydney, Australia
Pooles Rock Winery Restaurant, Pokolbin
Aldi Michhinbury, Sydney, Australia
North Heads Infrastructure Ugrade
Fairfax Digital, Sydney, Australia
B Boutique, Australia
Kooindah Golf Resort, NSW, Australia
Coast Apartments, Merimbula, NSW, Australia
Shopping Centre Mittagong, NSW, Australia
       
Infrastructure      
2008
2008
Head Designer
Head Designer
Melbourne International Airport new Step Gates, Australia
Melbourne International Airport New Duty Free Shopping Experience, Australia
       
Solo Light Art Installation and Exhibitions(selected)    
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008

2008
2008
2008

2007
2006
2005
Public Light Art
Public Light Art
Public Light Art
Public Light Art
Public Light Art
Public Light Art

Public Light Art
Public Light Art
Public Light Art

Public Light Art
Public Light Art
Public Light Art
Curator and Founder of Smart Light Sydney
‘Doves That Cry’ Installation Customs House
‘History repeats Sleep’ Installation at 72 Erskine Sydney
‘Prismatic Wave of Light’ UTS Art Light Exhibition
‘Flight to Light’ Sydney Opera House
Solo Exhibition “Flight to Light” Dubbo Regional Art Gallery and new lighting treatment to building
Solo exhibition and concert “Protagonist” 72 Erskine Sydney June
Solo exhibition and concert “Spheres of Light” at 72 Erskine Sydney August
Solo exhibition and concert “Expanded Light” in Eindhoven November for “Glow Light Festival”
Solo Exhibition “Flight to Light LED” installation for Festival of the Winds Bondi
Solo exhibition “Collage of Light” inaugural opening of UTS Dab lab
Solo exhibition “Sydney to Tokyo LED’s light me up” Blank Space Gallery Sydney
       
Opera      
2004

2004
2003
Opera and Theatre

Opera and Theatre
Opera and Theatre
Opera written, composed and produced by Mary-Anne Kyriakou “Betrayal” Music theatre Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Assistant artistic director for “The master Builder” NIDA
Opera written, composed and produced by Mary-Anne Kyriakou “The Game Master” Music theatre Sydney Conservatorium of Music
       
Concerts      
2007



2007

2004
Music and Light Concerts



Music and Light Concerts

Music and Light Concerts
New music and light themed concert with composition ‘Guitar and Light’ Concert Performed by Karin Schaupp in Darwin for International Guitar Festival
June 2007 ‘Guitar and Light’ Concert with new set and performed by Karin Schaupp Seymour Theatre
New music concert by Chronology Arts, new composition “Expanded Light” performed at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Free Trade Concert Tap Gallery Sydney
       
Group Exhibitions with Match Box Projects    
2008

2007




2004
Solo Gallery LED exhibition and video

Solo Gallery LED exhibition and video




Solo Gallery LED exhibition and video

Art in the Park, Solo Match Box Galleries, Nagoya Gardens, Hyde Park, Sydney
Facetnate! Match Box Projects, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney
Out & About: Cowra Japanese Garden & Arts Centre, Cowra, NSW
Match Box Galleries – Out & About, Tusculum Gallery, RAIA, Potts Point, NSW
People to People, Place to Place: Sydney Tokyo Nagoya, Gosford
Regional Gallery, Gosford
Influence Japan, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford
People to People, Place to Place: Sydney Tokyo Nagoya, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
       
Scholarships/ Awards    
2008 – 2009

2008 – 2009
2008 - 2009


1998
2005
2003,04,05
Public Light Art Curation

Music Composition Fellowship
Music and Light artist residency


Lighting Award
Music and Light Artist residency
Music and Light
Founder and Festival Director for Smart Light Sydney in 2009 a low energy lurban light festival
Recipient of Peggy Glanville Hicks Composer Fellowship
Recipient of Artist in Residency for at 72 Erskine street – to carry out a number of workshops exploring the relationship with architectural lighting, ESD and other design disciplines
Recipient of Pierlite Encouragement Award for Principles of Lighting Course
Recipient of Julia and David White Fellowship
Recipient of Creative Arts Grant, University of Sydney
       
Light Art    
2009 Over 300 Citings and articles on Smart Light Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald, Lighting Magazine, Indesign
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007


2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
2005
2003
2003
Smart Light Sydney television coverage ‘Sunday Arts program’ , Design TV interview, Channel V interview, Chinese TV Smart Light Launch
Founder of Digital Light Art Movement
Sydney Design 08 program with Spheres of Light and Plato at 72 Erskine Sydney.
Wentworth Courier Feature Article June 2008
Light as Architectural Matter: Sustainable Lighting Design Case Studies from Australia presented at Milan Design Fair April 2007 with Karina Clarke COFA and published by Edizioni poli. design 2007 in “Designing Designers: Light as an architectural matter-Lighting Design” LED lighting design Indesign magazine December 2007
Frankfurt Light + Build http://frankfurt.poloxygen.com POLOXYGEN Magazine, April 2006
LEDs ,Lighting Today Magazine: Jan-April issue 2006
Article on LEDs www.lightsearch.com/lightnow/news.html - 101k -, LightNow internet magazine 13 Nov 2005.
Sydney Design 05 Program
LEDs Light me Up Installation, Object Gallery Magazine August 2005
Launch Pad Design Finalist with LED product range, THE HANDBOOK, Saturday In Design Sydney 2005
Review on Annual Awards and IES dinner, Lighting Art & Science for International Designers, December 2003
Opera Lighting From The Designer World, Lighting Art & Science for International Designers, October 2003